Sources for prescription stimulant misuse: A person-centered approach to understanding links to substance use and psychiatric impairment.

ABSTRACT: Prescription stimulant misuse (PSM) is most prevalent among college students and is associated with numerous negative academic and psychosocial outcomes. A large body of literature has identified predictors of PSM in this population, however few studies have utilized a person-centered approach to examine how the sources from which students procure prescription stimulants are associated with substance-related and psychiatric impairment. We used latent class analysis (LCA) to classify a geographically and racially/ethnically diverse sample of U.S. undergraduates (N = 538) who misused prescription stimulants into groups based on their endorsement of nine sources of medication. We selected a five-group classification from the LCA with classes of peer/dealer, given by friend, own prescri

SUBMITTER: Holt LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9926480 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature